MIRV

mirv English Noun en military en multiple independently-targettable reentry vehicle; the independently targettable reentry capsule for a ballistic missile's payload, typically a nuclear weapon, where the missile has multiple instances of such. en https://archive.org/details/timetohealautobi00ford/ 1980 w:Gerald Ford A Time to Heal New York w:Berkley Books 0-425-04693-1 245909398 24222026M 294 https://archive.org/details/timetohealautobi00ford/page/294/ Picking up where we had left off at Vladivostok, we discussed verification of underground nuclear tests that each side could conduct, and also the rules for counting MIRVs — how to tell whether a missile had a single or a multiple warhead. There the Soviets granted a concession. If they placed a MIRV in a certain location, then we had the right to assume that every missile in that field had a MIRV capability. en motion picture James Cameron Lt. Hiram Coffey Michael Biehn The Abyss 1989 The M.I.R.V. is a tactical nuke. Uh, fifty kilotons, nominal yield, say… five times Hiroshima. Derived terms en MIRV missile Related terms en MRV en RV en Nuclear warfare